chart/docs/common/values/xContainers.md

xContainers

Order of container spawning: installContainers -> upgradeContainers -> systemContainers -> initContainers

key: additionalContainers

Info:

• Type: dict
• Default: {}
• Helm Template: ✅|❌
  • Supports almost every key the main container supports, except lifecycle hooks.

Can be defined in:

• .Values.additionalContainers

---

Defines containers that will run alongside the "main' container.

Examples:

additionalContainers:
  container-name:
    enabled: true
    imageSelector: image # The name of the image dict to pull repo, tag, pullPolicy
    env:
      key: value

---

---

key: installContainers

Info:

• Type: dict
• Default: {}
• Helm Template: ✅|❌
  • Supports almost every key the main container supports, except lifecycle hooks and probes

Can be defined in:

• .Values.installContainers

---

Defines containers that will run only at the installation of a Chart, before the main container.

Examples:

installContainers:
  container-name:
    enabled: true
    imageSelector: image # The name of the image dict to pull repo, tag, pullPolicy
    env:
      key: value

---

---

key: upgradeContainers

Info:

• Type: dict
• Default: {}
• Helm Template: ✅|❌
  • Supports almost every key the main container supports, except lifecycle hooks and probes

Can be defined in:

• .Values.upgradeContainers

---

Defines containers that will run only at the upgrade of a Chart, before the main container.

Examples:

upgradeContainers:
  container-name:
    enabled: true
    imageSelector: image # The name of the image dict to pull repo, tag, pullPolicy
    env:
      key: value

---

---

key: systemContainers

Info:

• Type: dict
• Default: {}
• Helm Template: ✅|❌
  • Supports almost every key the main container supports, except lifecycle hooks and probes

Can be defined in:

• .Values.systemContainers

---

Defines containers that will run and exit on each Chart startup, before the main container and before the initContainers.

Usually used for common things like db-waits or maybe something that will check files ownership.

Examples:

systemContainers:
  container-name:
    enabled: true
    imageSelector: image # The name of the image dict to pull repo, tag, pullPolicy
    env:
      key: value

---

---

key: initContainers

Info:

• Type: dict
• Default: {}
• Helm Template: ✅|❌
  • Supports almost every key the main container supports, except lifecycle hooks and probes

Can be defined in:

• .Values.initContainers

---

Defines containers that will run and exit on each Chart startup before the main container.

Examples:

initContainers:
  container-name:
    enabled: true
    imageSelector: image # The name of the image dict to pull repo, tag, pullPolicy
    env:
      key: value